Thinking about death

The Book on the Description of Hellfire

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 2595

يَا رَبِّ قَدْ أَخَذَ النَّاسُ الْمَنَازِلَ . قَالَ فَيُقَالُ لَهُ انْطَلِقْ فَادْخُلِ الْجَنَّةَ . قَالَ فَيَذْهَبُ لِيَدْخُلَ فَيَجِدُ النَّاسَ قَدْ أَخَذُوا الْمَنَازِلَ فَيَرْجِعُ فَيَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ قَدْ أَخَذَ النَّاسُ الْمَنَازِلَ . قَالَ فَيُقَالُ لَهُ أَتَذْكُرُ الزَّمَانَ الَّذِي كُنْتَ فِيهِ فَيَقُولُ نَعَمْ . فَيُقَالُ لَهُ تَمَنَّ . قَالَ فَيَتَمَنَّى فَيُقَالُ لَهُ فَإِنَّ لَكَ مَا تَمَنَّيْتَ وَعَشَرَةَ أَضْعَافِ الدُّنْيَا . قَالَ فَيَقُولُ أَتَسْخَرُ بِي وَأَنْتَ الْمَلِكُ

yā rabbi qad akhadha an-nāsu al-manāzila . qāla fayuqālu lah ānṭaliq fādkhuli al-jannaha . qāla fayadhhabu liyadkhula fayajidu an-nāsa qad akhadhūā al-manāzila fayarjiʿu fayaqūlu yā rabbi qad akhadha an-nāsu al-manāzila . qāla fayuqālu lah atadhkuru az-zamāna adh-dhī kunta fīhi fayaqūlu naʿam . fayuqālu lah tamanna . qāla fayatamannā fayuqālu lah fa-inna laka mā tamannayta waʿasharaha aḍʿāfi ad-dunyā . qāla fayaqūlu ataskharu bī wa-anta al-maliku

Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks

The full narration

Ibn Masud narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said:"I know the last of the people of the Fire to depart from it. A man will exit it crawling, and he will say: 'O Lord! The people have taken all the places.'" He said: "So it will be said to him: 'Go to Paradise to enter Paradise.' So he will go to enter, but he will see that the people have taken all the places. He will return and say: 'O Lord! The people have taken all of the places.' So it will be said to him: 'Do you remember the times you used to live in?' And he will say: 'Yes.' So it will be said to him: 'Wish, He will wish for something, and it will be said to him: 'For you is whatever you wished for, and ten times the world.' He will say: 'Do you mock me while you are the King?'" He (Ibn Masud) said: "I saw the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) laugh until his molars were visible

Source

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī · 2595

Ṣaḥīḥ
  • Ahmad Muhammad Shakir: Sahih
  • Al-Albani: Sahih
  • Bashar Awad Maarouf: Hasan Sahih
  • Zubair Ali Zai: Sahih - Agreed Upon
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